Improvement in leather whips



. B. LIGHT.

Leather-Whip.

.Patented Jun'eS, '1.8.7.8.4

No. 204,985.v

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MTORNEYS.

NJTERS. FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED ,1 ,STATES "PATENT OEEIo-E.

EDWARD E. LIGHT, orA DENVER, coLioEADo.

` IMPROVEMENT INv LEATHER WHIPS.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,985, dated June 18, 1878; application filed February 26, 1878.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD B. LIGHT, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Leather Whip, of which the following` is a specication:

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved leather whip of perfect taper and bend, and of such elasticity and cheapness as to form a durable and very serviceable Whip.

These leather whips were heretofore manufactured by cutting leather into tapering strips, which were saturated with glue and then bound together with a rope. The leather strips were then allowed to dry, after which the rope was removed and the rigid stem shaped in a lathe, the same as in carriagewhips. This formed the filling for the leather whip, which was finally covered by a leather cover or casing.

Whips of this construction are stiff and unyielding, and liable to break, as the hot glue destroys the bers of the leather.

This invention is intended to overcome the defects of the present style of leather whips, and to furnish a whip of superior iiexibility, strength, and taper.

The invention consists of a leather whip made of a filling of tapering leather strips of different length and size, that are arranged so as to form a perfect taper, spiked and tied at the butt-end, and final-ly plaited, rst in wet, then in dry, state, the lilling being then inclosed into a leather cover in the usual manner. Y

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective View of my improved lling for leather whips, the same being partly in section on the butt-end, and having the coveringplaits partly removed to show the interior construction ofthe whip.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the filling of my improved leather Whip, which is :made of a number of tapering leather strips, a, of different sizes and lengths. These strips are shaped in a leather pattern that is made of a strip of leather cut ofthe required length and width, wider at one end and tapering to a point at the opposite end. This strip of leather is rolled so that the two edges will come together.

The tapering filling strips a are then placed into the pattern by allowing the longest strips to run through from butt to point, then some from butt to near the point, and so on by using gradually shorter strips until the pattern is entirely lled and a filling obtained which, when completed, gives a whip of perfect taper.

A spike, B, of lead or iron, is inserted into the butt-end for the purpose of loading the llin g, after which a string is tied around the illin g at the larger end, so as to hold the strips into position for being covered by plaiting. This is done by theusual plaiting-machine employed for covering the exterior of rattan and whalebone whips. The iilling-strips are placed in wet state, butt-end up, into the machine, and bound together by plaiting them with a strong cotton thread, after which the filling is rolled until perfectly smooth and of uniform taper and circula-r shape.

The fillin g is then allowed to dry thoroughly, which causes the strips to shrink and the plaited cover C to lit loosely thereon. The lling is then plaited a second time or oftener, in the same manner as before, so as to give it a second ti ghtly-iitting cover, C', which holds the strips iirmly together and completes the iilling, furnishing a very serviceable iilling at a reasonable cost.

The iillin g is finally covered with an outer leather cover in the customary manner in such leather whips, which cover is not shown in the drawing.

In this manner a leather whip of perfect taper and bend and of greater flexibility, durability, and cheapness is furnished.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A leather Whip covered with a plaiting of thread, as shown and described.

2. In making Whips, the method of cutting the leather in a wet state, filling the, pattern therewith, then plaiting on the thread-cover, and iinally drying the whi p, as described.

3. The method of making the filling of. leather whips, consisting, rst, in shaping the tapering leather strips of different length or then plaiting them in Wet state and rol-ling size in a mold7 and plaiting them first in Wet state, and finally in dry state, substantially as described.

4. The method of making fillings of leather whips, consisting, first, in molding the tapering leather strips into tapering shape; second- 1y, spiking and tying them at the butt-end,

them into proper shape; and 'finally plaiting them in dry state, substantially as specified.

EDWARD B. LIGHT.

Witnesses:

J A0013 H. ALLER, THOMAS A. AsHcoM. 

